bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Aug. 13, 2023
Abstract
The
fast-growing
microbe
Vibrio
natriegens
is
capable
of
natural
transformation
where
it
draws
DNA
in
from
media
via
an
active
process
under
physiological
conditions.
Using
engineered
strain
with
a
genomic
copy
the
master
competence
regulator
tfoX
cholera
combination
new
minimal
(MCM)
that
uses
acetate
as
energy
source,
we
demonstrate
naturally
competent
cells
which
are
created,
transformed,
and
recovered
entirely
same
media,
without
exchange
or
addition
media.
Cells
to
plasmids,
recombination
linear
DNA,
co-transformation
both
select
for
scarless
markerless
edits.
entire
simple
inexpensive,
requiring
no
capital
equipment
room
temperature
(Zero
Capital
protocol,
10
4
cfu/
µ
g),
just
incubator
(High
Efficiency
5–6
g).
These
retain
their
state
when
frozen
transformable
immediately
upon
thawing
like
typical
chemical
electrochemical
cell.
Since
optimized
protocol
requires
only
50
minutes
hands-on
time,
V.
grows
quickly
even
on
plates,
started
at
9
AM
yields
abundant
culturable
single
colonies
by
5
PM.
Further,
because
all
stages
occur
can
be
arbitrarily
scaled
volume,
this
could
ideal
automated
directed
evolution
applications.
As
result,
compete
E.
coli
excellent
chassis
low-cost
highly
scalable
synthetic
biology.
PNAS Nexus,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
3(2)
Published: Feb. 1, 2024
Abstract
The
fast-growing
microbe
Vibrio
natriegens
is
capable
of
natural
transformation
where
it
draws
DNA
in
from
media
via
an
active
process
under
physiological
conditions.
Using
engineered
strain
with
a
genomic
copy
the
master
competence
regulator
tfoX
cholerae
combination
new
minimal
(MCM)
that
uses
acetate
as
energy
source,
we
demonstrate
naturally
competent
cells
which
are
created,
transformed,
and
recovered
entirely
same
media,
without
exchange
or
addition
fresh
media.
Cells
to
plasmids,
recombination
linear
DNA,
cotransformation
both
select
for
scarless
markerless
edits.
entire
simple
inexpensive,
requiring
no
capital
equipment
room
temperature
(zero
protocol,
104
cfu/μg),
just
incubator
(high-efficiency
105−6
cfu/μg).
These
retain
their
state
when
frozen
transformable
immediately
upon
thawing
like
typical
chemical
electrochemical
cell.
Since
optimized
protocol
requires
only
50
min
hands-on
time,
V.
grows
quickly
even
on
plates,
started
at
9
AM
yields
abundant
culturable
single
colonies
by
5
PM.
Further,
because
all
stages
occur
can
be
arbitrarily
scaled
volume,
this
could
ideal
automated
directed
evolution
applications.
As
result,
compete
Escherichia
coli
excellent
chassis
low-cost
highly
scalable
synthetic
biology.
Microbial Cell Factories,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
22(1)
Published: Sept. 4, 2023
Pyruvate
is
a
widely
used
value-added
chemical
which
also
serves
as
hub
of
various
metabolic
pathways.
The
fastest-growing
bacterium
Vibrio
natriegens
promising
chassis
for
synthetic
biology
applications
with
high
substrate
uptake
rates.
aim
this
study
was
to
investigate
if
the
rates
V.
enable
pyruvate
production
at
productivities.Two
prophage
gene
clusters
and
several
essential
genes
biosynthesis
byproducts
were
first
deleted.
In
order
promote
accumulation,
key
aceE
encoding
dehydrogenase
complex
E1
component
down-regulated
reduce
carbon
flux
into
tricarboxylic
acid
cycle.
Afterwards,
expression
ppc
phosphoenolpyruvate
carboxylase
fine-tuned
balance
cell
growth
synthesis.
resulting
strain
PYR32
able
produce
54.22
g/L
from
glucose
within
16
h,
yield
1.17
mol/mol
an
average
productivity
3.39
g/L/h.
addition,
efficiently
convert
sucrose
or
gluconate
titers.A
novel
engineered
capable
provide
higher
in
This
lays
foundation
its
derivatives
fast-growing
natriegens.
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Feb. 22, 2025
Vibrio
natriegens,
a
fast-growing
bacterium,
is
an
emerging
chassis
of
next-generation
industrial
biotechnology
capable
thriving
under
open
and
continuous
culture
conditions.
Cadaverine,
valuable
C5
platform
chemical,
has
various
chemical
biological
activities.
This
study
found
that
V.
natriegens
exhibited
superior
tolerance
to
lysine,
the
substrate
cadaverine
production.
For
first
time,
synthesis
pathway
was
introduced
into
for
whole-cell
catalysis
from
lysine.
A
high-efficiency
cadaverine-producing
strain
harboring
toxin–antitoxin
system,
(pSEVA341-pTac-ldcC-pHbpBC-hbpBC)
with
lysE
(PN96_RS17440)
inactivation,
constructed.
In
7
L
bioreactors,
titer
increased
115
g/L
in
original
158
within
11
h
biotransformation,
exhibiting
37%
increase
Its
productivity
reached
14.4
g/L/h
conversion
rate
as
high
90%.
These
results
confirm
exceptional
effective
bioproduction.
Microbial Cell Factories,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
24(1)
Published: March 28, 2025
Abstract
Background
Pyruvate
is
a
precursor
for
various
compounds
in
the
chemical,
drug,
and
food
industries
therefore
an
attractive
target
molecule
microbial
production
processes.
The
fast-growing
bacterium
Vibrio
natriegens
excels
with
its
specific
substrate
uptake
rate
as
unconventional
chassis
industrial
biotechnology.
Here,
we
aim
to
exploit
traits
of
V.
pyruvate
fermentations
low
biomass
concentrations.
Results
We
inactivated
dehydrogenase
complex
Δ
vnp12
,
which
harbors
deletions
prophage
regions
.
resulting
strain
aceE
was
unable
grow
minimal
medium
glucose
unless
supplemented
acetate.
In
shaking
flasks,
showed
growth
1.16
±
0.03
h
−
1
produced
4.0
0.3
g
Pyr
L
within
5
h.
optimized
parameters
aerobic
fermentation
process
applied
constant
maintenance
feed
0.24
Ac
resulted
maximal
concentration
only
6.6
0.4
CDW
yielded
highly
active
resting
cells
(q
S
)
3.5
0.2
Glc
−1
41.0
1.8
volumetric
productivity
4.1
Carbon
balancing
disclosed
gap
30%,
identified
partly
parapyruvate.
Deletion
ligK
encoding
HMG/CHA
aldolase
did
not
impact
formation
but
plasmid-based
overexpression
negatively
affected
led
3-fold
higher
parapyruvate
culture
broth.
Notably,
also
supernatants
pyruvate-producing
Corynebacterium
glutamicum
strain.
Cell-free
bioreactor
experiments
mimicking
biological
formation,
pointing
chemical
reaction
contributing
synthesis.
Conclusions
engineered
metabolically
producing
high
at
concentration.
However,
found
that
accompanied
by
well
C.
Parapyruvate
seems
be
result
conversion
might
supported
biochemically
reaction.
F1000Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
14, P. 408 - 408
Published: April 7, 2025
Background
Nicotinamide
mononucleotide
(NMN),
is
a
promising
nutraceutical
attracting
much
attention
for
its
pharmacological
and
anti-aging
efficacies.
However,
NMN-containing
commercial
products
are
very
high-priced
due
to
the
lack
of
efficient
facile
methods
industrial-scale
production.
To
date,
various
metabolic
engineering
strategies
have
been
successfully
applied
produce
NMN
in
Escherichia
coli.
Recently,
Vibrio
natriegens
has
become
host
bioindustry
thanks
rapid
growth
capabilities
broad
substrate
utilization.
This
study
aims
evaluate
biosynthesis
capability
V.
natriegens.
Methods
Firstly,
mutant
strain
(Δdns::araC-T7RNAP-KanR
ΔpncC::FtnadE-SmR
ΔnadR)
was
generated
via
multiplex
genome
editing
by
natural
transformation
(MuGENT).
Nampt
genes
encoding
nicotinamide
phosphoribosyltransferase
from
Chitinophaga
pinensis,
Sphingopyxis
sp.
C-1,
Haemophilus
ducreyi,
Vibrio
phage
KVP40
were
codon-optimized
cloned
into
pACYCDuet™-1
under
control
T7
promoter.
The
recombinant
plasmids
electroporated
strain.
expression
NAMPTs
evaluated
SDS-PAGE
analysis
intracellular
concentrations
quantified
HPLC.
Results
After
two
rounds
MuGENT,
V54-33
generated.
demonstrated
that
all
strongly
expressed
HPLC
revealed
highest
concentration
obtained
with
NAMPT
pinensis
(44.5
μM),
followed
Vibrio
(23.3
μM).
Conclusion
feasibility
natriegens.